LeRoy F. Harlow papers
Scope and Contents
Professional papers including research material, newspaper clippings and correspondence. Most of the material concerns city and urban management.
Dates
- 1960-1994
Creator
- Harlow, LeRoy F. (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
LeRoy F. Harlow (1913-1995) was a professor and consultant in Utah.
LeRoy Francis Harlow was born on October 20, 1913 in Seattle, Washington to Milton N. and Ruby Robinson Harlow. He attended Iwao State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in 1938. On June 28, 1939 he married Agda Sophie Gronbech in Jewell, Iowa. He returned to school, earning a master's degree in public administration in 1943 from the University of Minnesota.
Harlow was a management and finance consultant, working for Booz, Allen and Hamilton Inc. management consultants as well as private consulting. He also worked as a city manager in five cities, and participated as director of various government and tax studies. In 1967 he joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in a dual appointment, teaching in Department of Political Science and serving as a management consultant to the university administration. He later moved to the Marriott School of Management where he retired as professor emeritus of organization and management. Harlow died on May 4, 1995 in Provo, Utah.
Extent
15 cartons (22.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These items were donated to Special Collections in 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation; 2007.
Appraisal
Office files (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
- Title
- Register of LeRoy F. Harlow papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 August 31
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US